[Rarebooks] FS: Frederic Melcher's Copy of Timperley's DICTIONARY OF PRINTERS AND PRINTING, 1839, price reduced

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Price reduced to $235 NET

TIMPERLEY, C. H. A DICTIONARY OF PRINTERS AND PRINTING, WITH THE 
PROGRESS OF LITERATURE, ANCIENT AND MODERN; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL 
ILLUSTRATIONS, ETC. ETC. London: H. Johnson, 1839. First Edition. Thick 
octavo, vi, 996 pages, in worn half morocco leather. Illustrated with 
engravings and ten plates. Frederic Melcher's copy with his bookplate. 
Bigmore & Wyman III p. 12: "One of the most interesting works a printer 
can possess." This copy lacks the Nichols portrait and contains a brief 
note by a well-known bibliographer stating that he knows of three copies 
that lack the portrait. Binding rubbed. Contents aged but clean. Good. 
(#002087)        $350.00

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